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Mock the City Council? I don’t know what meetings you’ve been to, but the ones I’ve seen are dominated by the Council interrupting, interrogating and ridiculing residents. It’s not an infrequent thing. It’s the lack of leadership from the Mayor-IMO. Look at the Furstenau days. He pummeled everyone while the Mayor slept. Nice guy, but can’t lead a meeting. This town, and that meeting, should be about the residents, but it’s not. It’s all about the powerful Council and their positions.

As for identification, are you kidding me? With this Council? You’d end up chastised and ridiclued. Who wants that?

Naperville’s current political crisis is textbook GOP gamesmanship. Change the subject, move the goalposts, shout the opposition down.

As a child of Naperville (18 years and NCHS 1977) I am galled by the arrogance of this ruling clique.

Everything is just fine if you managed to climb up the gangplank years ago…or brought along enough money when you helicoptered on board the cruise ship. However, a lot of people have been left out. A lot of people never made. Naperville’s gorillas don’t care.

As a microcosm for “what’s wrong with American politics,” the Naperville ruling class need to be brought down !

Diane Ciambrone, et al, go get ’em. Let me know if there is ever anything I can do.

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